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December 1, 1987 KY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bebe Coal Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WA8 CLIMBING DOWN FROM AN END LOADER LEAVING HIS SHIFT. AS HE CLIMBED DOWN HE STATED HE FELT SOMETHING PULL IN UPPER INNER THIGH ON LEFT LEG. THE NEXT MORNING HE COULD NOT GET OUT OF BED. CALLIN1 AND REPORTING THIS TO HIS FOREMAN.

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